The Diabolical Genius of Ghost: Cirice guitar breakdown

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video contents:
intro: 2:00
verse: 5:45
prechorus: 6:50
chorus: 9:15
solo: 10:45
ending: 21:20
Hey ghouls and ghosts, its your good buddy Uncle Ben with a super SPOOKTACULAR Ghost breakdown!!! Y'all know Ghost and the halloween season are 2 of my favorite things, so how about we mash em up and dig deep into Cirice (Meliora)?!?! In this video, i'm gonna take you on a riff by riff, lick by lick journey through EVERY guitar part in this song, from the intro all the way to that awesome guitar solo! You'll be getting lessons along the way about how Ghost makes themselves sound so evil, including explanations of their harmonies, intervallic choices, phrasing, and more! We're also gonna get deep into the solo and how i transcribed it, which features a couple little mysteries of its own!
Playing my Dunable Cyclops in D standard tuning, into a Boss Super Overdrive SD-1, into the Amplified Nation Ampliphonix and Gain head through my Suhr RL/IR box, which has a killer Ownhammer Marshall IR loaded into it! Delay and reverb courtesy of Logic plugins.
What Ghost sound should we get a lesson on next? Let me know in the comments!

[@BenEller]

Thanks for learning Cirice with Uncle Ben Eller!!! What Ghost song do you want to learn about next?!?!

[@thebatman1482]

Spirit or He Is would be great picks

[@joshualindsey77]

From the Pinnacle to the Pit or Year Zero would be cool. .

[@crowkiller0668]

Spirit!! Especially that tasty guitar noodling in the solo.

[@531ff]

Majesty !

[@gokulshivakumar8716]

He is please

[@AndriyVasylenko]

10:30 You just compressed the entire Ghost spirit (no pun intended) in two sentences. That sus4 resolution. It sounds bright, but at the same time epic and... diabolic. While thrash and black metal show the dark side of Satan by accenting on the diminished fourth (dat devil's triton, ya know), Ghost sort of goes the opposite. Tobias shows Satan's seductive, sexy side, his disguise as the good boi, bringer of light and stuff. Triton is Behemoth, sus4 is Lucifer. Damn I'm a f***ing poet here.

[@fatimapalacios2292]

Hello frrrrrriend

[@chriscullen6949]

satan has a sexy seductive side?

[@BenEller]

Thanks buuuuddy!!!!

[@AndriyVasylenko]

@@chriscullen6949 don't take it too close to your heart man ;-)

[@tomislavkrajina1047]

And the funny thing is....it's all Beatles

[@meadish]

Gotta say this song is a bit of a masterpiece.

[@MrMattsac232]

What's cool about Ghost to me is the music is never as heavily distorted as you remember but it still hits hard.

[@DankFuneral]

That’s because their sound and their production is pretty damn tight and I love them for it!

[@Gitarzan66]

My wife's license plate is "Cirice" We took one off of the car and had the band sign it when we met them a few years ago. We told motor vehicle that one of the plates got stolen and we hung it on the wall in our music room.

[@markriffalo27]

Uncle ben during his ghost phase is the best uncle ben ever

[@royalmarine1011]

gojira wasn't a phase so makes sense?

[@brandonaitchison3747]

I also like Uncle Mastoben

[@Mr.sStoop]

Ghost is one of the most creative bands in a long long time. You know a band is special when it pisses off the gatekeepers!

[@ZackSeifMusic]

Love Ghost. It took me a few try’s over a few years but DAMN Tobias is a genius, fantastic songwriter and one hell of an entertainer.

[@smilinjakk654]

Similar here... I wanted to like them but couldn't get into them listening to the studio albums.. but I listen to their live recordings the sound is so much better... fatter.. dirtier.. and sexier IMO

[@mplegrandpa6018]

“It’s a little tricky, but it’s a treat” did not expect that

[@TestMeatDollSteak]

Not only that, but he threw a quick “meow” in there just before “it’s a little tricky...” He must’ve loved Super Troopers, because he’s all about peppering his scripts with subliminal meows 😸

[@TanerH]

@@TestMeatDollSteak Was that a "yes, sir", or a "year, sure"?

[@Andreas_K_III]

Definitely my favourite band of the last 10 years. I don't know what it is but listening to Ghost gives me a feeling no other band can give me.

[@thejship]

Agreed

[@MrMickeycrazy]

Agreed, except maybe for their latest album, which don't mesure up to their previous records.

[@Andreas_K_III]

@@MrMickeycrazy In my opinion it's as equal of a masterpiece as Meliora, though I had to listen to it a few times to really get into it :).

[@MrMickeycrazy]

@VeganGhost FanForLife Your bullshit. It s a f-ing pop album. All the original gouls have left the band and it shows big time. For me the next album gonna decided if I'm staying a Ghost fan, which i am of their first 3 albums. The last one sucks.

[@crovian1985]

@@MrMickeycrazy when you like a band you don't stop liking them based on one album

[@homeboyjethro]

Met Uncle Ben at a Ghost show. Now I'm watching Uncle Ben breakdown Cirice. It doesn't get much better than this kiddos. You're the man Uncle Ben 😄.

[@michalmazurek]

Keyboard solo is a killer! Let us see it on guitar.

[@jburdsinfuse]

Boss SY-2?

[@roblewis4065]

yes sir, it would be rad to get tab for that

[@OmniTron1000]

I love hearing your commentary on the riffs themselves. I’m not much of a theory guy, (I only really play for fun), so it’s nice to hear a more technical explanation on why things sound the way they do.

[@OmniTron1000]

Also. That guitar is AWESOME!

[@hanslarson1418]

yes please the keyboard solo would be sick dude, great lesson btw, love how you break everything down with both parts for quick lessons :D

[@NegZeroSP]

Ben, why in the heck do you not have 10M subs?! This is the best instructional channel on the interwebz, by far. Keep up the great work my man and i'll keep doing the hard part by watching and learning.

[@BenEller]

Thank you, Rick!

[@joshvcrawford]

I can't stop hearing that fret buzz with the cleans due to the down tuning. I'm shocked that doesn't bother Ben. Keep up the awesome lessons Ben, you are one of the giants.

[@Briansgate]

Thanks for highlighting Cirice. Ghost is underrated in my opinion. That said, I don't love Every song they have, but, the ones I like, I freaking love. I think Cirice is just beautiful, and Dance Macabre is just fun as all get out! They have at AC/DC mentality of 'if its us, it aint hard.' Very beautiful, yet easy to understand. Great band!

[@LongRoadHome0]

Dude... yes! I just recently learned this entire song and ever since I saw people asking for you to do this one, I've been dying to see you transcribe the keyboard solo. Do ittt!

[@bm8584]

One of my favorite current bands. I have seen them live twice already.

[@mattmovesmountains1443]

So nice to get Beato-like wisdom and breakdown for this tune

[@jasonm456]

Love the comments on major thirds not being “metal” but Ghost pulling it off. Dimebag used major thirds all over the place and always made it sound heavy as hell.

[@meadish]

You can't make a horror movie without those stupid, happy teenie boppers who walk right into the psycho killer.

[@milan9191]

Slayer too

[@georgewalker3702]

Even Raining Blood is in a Major key.

[@joelcprice]

Pinnacle to the Pit is my fav. Some sick riffs in that one too.

[@Hydrophish]

One of my favorite modern metal tunes, thanks for the detailed breakdown!

[@Smokeflink]

Yes for the keyboard solo. Anything Ghost is always interesting. They’ve become one of my favorite bands the last few years. Majesty would be a cool one to do a video on 🤘

[@sdmcustoms]

That intro gave me .....goosebumps ....looks at camera...raises a eyebrow ..smiles and nods ....

[@MyGuitartime]

Cool video Ben, not the normal note selections we here in our standard metal tunes. I actually like that solo section as well because it has melody to it. Great job and thanks!

[@everetta117]

Oh my god that triplet run in the solo tripped me up to when I was learning it 3 years ago! I remember trying to slow down live footage to see what the exact notes were - Never occurred to me that it might be a happy accident. Thanks for this video even if it’s three years too late for me 😉

[@TheVengeanceofdefile]

Goosebumps brother your killing it!!!awesome content love the amp and axe

[@SchrodingersTeufel]

Sir, thank you. There's so much more to learn from you. I think we all appreciate what you do musically and you as a teacher.

[@backslash68]

Found out about Ghost only a few months ago. The songwriting is stellar! For me they (well, Tobias Forge) are in the realm of musical gods, in the same class as Black Sabbath and Zeppelin

[@dman3d]

Glad to see this as I like Ghost and am learning some. I have been watching vids and comparing tab and was pretty sure every change of Ghoul resulted in each song being playing in different positions. It would be great to see what you find in Majesty. That one has a variety of inconsistencies.

[@sixstringer3783]

By far the most accurate break down of this song on KZbin ! Absolution would be screaming 😱

[@mikeywilson123]

Goosebumps will always have a place in my heart

[@dpants5150]

Awesome jorb as always, Uncle Ben. And let's say yes, we wanna see that sweet keyboard solo broken down. A video like this that breaks down "Time" by Pink Floyd would be amazing. Get in on that Gilmour goodness.

[@bakkdavidlaszlo]

Man, I love your vids, Uncle Ben! I work as a composer now, but I was a guitarist back in the days, and I still love rock/metal. Ghost is one of my favs, because it's huge conceptual imagery that surrounds it (and I also have a sweet spot for Satan. oh well...). I would like to see you analyse both 'Square Hammer' and 'Witch Image', because there is one interesting similarity between the two songs, which I find pretty interesting in a way, that supposably Tobias wrote the two songs approximately in the same period (even though they came out on two different releases).

[@natesenglishkameoka3728]

Yes,Ben, definitely hook up that keyboard solo! I was thinking it would be cool to learn before this video!

[@farris8503]

Thank you so much for this video! I've been playing guitar for like 2.5 months now and the main riff is one of the first riffs I've tried to play, I'm trying to learn the rest of the riffs now, but in tabs and videos I've found always sounded kinda off. This is really cool, thanks again. Also Cirice is one of the best songs I've ever listens to ever in my opinion, and your analaysis just cemented this further haha. Edit: Yes please I'd love to see a video on the keyboard solo, I don't think I've ever seen it played "properly" not even on videos of them live, it always sounds off.

[@chrisleriche]

That's a yes from me for the keyboard/organ solo.

[@flixization]

Big ol' yes to the keyboard solo transcription. I would love more of that kind of thing. Transcription of keyboard shredding is no small feat.

[@DrTibbsy]

God damn I love Ghost and Uncle Ben.

[@atlantaguitar9689]

At 11:06 - "awkward position shifts and weird fingerings". dude, why you gotta talk about my dating life. Oh wait - you were talking about the fretboard. Never mind...

[@superhodgeth]

😂😂

[@dasu3]

Yes! We want to see the keyboard transcribed !! Great stuff

[@BreathingTheory]

Such a great song, thanks for the lesson! And yes we would love to hear the keyboard solo on guitar!

[@roblewis4065]

a breakdown of majesty would be really cool, that song is thick with unexpected harmonies and the interaction between bass and guitar is killer.

[@burnsZY85]

It is something else hearing them live, such an amazing band.

[@kylemcgill1951]

Would love to see the keyboard solo Ben, excellent job on this video🤘🤘

[@xenozombie6200]

Thanks, Ben. Best breakdown of a Ghost song I've seen. This is a yes vote for conversion of the keyboard solo to ghoultar.

[@hvig]

Thank you, Uncle Ben. I love that you have a different take than other youtubers. I look forward to following your tab!

[@ThorBonloveng]

Hi, you're probably correct in saying that Tobias isn' t a mega shredder. But he sure is a mega genius :-)

[@jburdsinfuse]

I’ll take a great song over a great solo every time.

[@josephezell2817]

rocking the grunge pedal in the background lol !!! first pedal i ever played flashbacks.

[@nsp477]

Ghost sounds to me as if Yes had hired Dave Mustaine to write their guitar lines. And I am saying this as a positive.

[@johanhellgren7101]

YES! Would love that keyboard solo on guitar!

[@ZombieChingon]

Touching on your mom's second husband, and then pondering why your parents got divorced... You okay Ben? I feel like you need to talk.

[@notan23]

Those spooky harmonies, especially while slowed down, remind me of Crowbar!

[@hw_yozoraVODS]

thank you uncle ben, i've been practicing this one for a long time, and the solo always gets me, lets see if i can finally do it

[@dkimballgrant]

I'm all for Uncle Ben's keyboard breakdowns of Ghost and other metal songs

[@liwo9706]

breaking down ghost is the best. they have plenty of great music that is appreciated by both metalheads as well as the general audience.

[@greymatters6015]

Cirice is such a cool song, with really interesting guitar parts. Say what you want about Tobias Forge, but that dude can write a song!👻

[@mcbriddlestix]

Love the Goosebumps soundtrack over the intro 🤘🏻

[@maxschreck5847]

Would love a tab of the keyboard part. Henrik Palm (Ghost bass player from 2015-2016) actually recorded a lot of guitar on Meliora. Tobias was upset because Henrik messed up a part that made it onto the final record and in the 2017 lawsuit Henrik wanted writing credit for his flub. I wonder if it was that one note in the solo? Either way, you don’t get credit for messing up.

[@BenEller]

Whoa, what part would that be?!

[@GhoulUisce]

@@BenEller I don't remember it specifically stated that the messed up part was in Cirice, but it's alleged there's a messed up part somewhere on Meliora, but only Tobias can confirm it for sure.

[@Diabolical1337]

Thank you for doing this, I was one of the ones who wished you'd do this track on your Facebook. 🤘😊

[@peyotepete4903]

Never heard of them until now Now I'm digging them

[@coopgu]

Doubled guitar solos are more especially a Black Sabbath thing. Great videos, Uncle Ben!

[@johnmangino3925]

Nothin’ for nothin’ but i absolutely love that painting behind you.

[@patandmacmusic]

Another killer video. Uncle Ben will not miss.

[@markevans6318]

This was awesome! And yes the keyboard solo is killer in this track

[@racerx3065]

Goosebumps theme in the intro.... nice.

[@lucynakatharinaosbahr4096]

Wow, thank you. I have absolutely no clue how to play guitar but I really love to learn why I love a song so much. I was addicted to this song when it started and now you explained me why. Awesome!

[@ConClavi]

Thank you sooo much, yes please for the breakdown lesson too.

[@michaelwade9455]

Great tune and sounds huge live, they kill it on stage.

[@alexandrehopeson3048]

It's a happy day when our Uncle Ben uploads

[@fovxoe2011]

beyond showcasing the incredible talent of ghost, eller proves once again how and why he is a musician's musician... ben is an insanely gifted guitarist and his wit and humor is unmatched...hands down the coolest youtuber in town ! had to edit comment to add my favourite subtle eller line in this vid; "more clearlyer" hahaha AWESOME

[@chairmankaga101]

What I dig about Ghost, as someone who's played in bands for years but is literally JUST learning to play guitar, is the songs are epic but relatively easy to learn, and still contain a lot of weird and interesting voicings that are hugely instructive. This song alone has so many lessons!

[@vikasbiliye5023]

The sound is amazing

[@t3nsors]

This song infatuated me for three days straight. I listened to nothing else and I can’t really explain why.

[@emmadobbins694]

That's happening to me right now

[@naderzein2435]

I like the riff on Goosebumps in the intro!

[@S00PAMARIO]

Yesss Cirice Phrygian keyboard solo!

[@dougarnold7955]

8:02...hell yeah! I've been slamming the A flat tonic and it's major third against an augmented fifth open E on the the bass...it sounds like dark catacombs are opening up! 🤘😁... ...then I add some minor tones and it gives it a creepy/pretty sound... Thanks. I haven't got into Ghost but this sounds cool 10:28...that part is sounding like Van Halen...

[@juancamberos5963]

Nailed the tone as always!!

[@ronbashop1177]

I play that on bass and it sounds sick by itself...add it all up...righteous

[@bluedog1075a]

Love to see that keyboard solo transcribed, you the man Uncle Ben 🤘🤘

[@shane2613]

Randy Rhoads references make my musical heart swell 🤘 Excellent teaching Uncle Ben!

[@randyerb6839]

YES!!! Keyboard breakdown of Ghost!!! EVH would love it. He composed most of his stuff on keys. Why he was so Unorthodox!!!

[@radzillor]

sweet jebus that amp and guitar sound great together.

[@RancidAmputation123]

You're the man Uncle Ben! Thanks for doing what you do.

[@dwarven_drummer]

Do you think there is life on earth

[@usmcyounggun6879]

Totally interested! I love playing this solo and would love to learn the keyboard part so I could just extend the guitar solo. Horns up!!

[@SpectresOverVenice]

Dear Uncle Ben, I enjoyed this lesson a lot! A lot about this band reminds me of the norwegian black-metal band Satyricon. I don't know if you know/like their music, but it would be awesome to see you dissect a song from them (for example "Burial Rite"). Anyway, have a good one!

[@hallows99]

Great lesson. Yes, I'd love to see the keyboard solo transcribed.

[@NehemiahHughes]

Bruh that guitar and the company that made it is badass!

[@mattz1686]

One of my favourite bands ever

[@thehoppo]

I straight up deeply like you Uncle Ben !

[@theninjaminx9704]

Please please please Uncle Ben, can we have the keyboard solo and all the remaining Ghost tunes. U rock,man!!!

[@hotdog7334]

Hey uncle Ben, I know it’s non ghost related. But I would love if you took apart a fall of troy song. The song structures are just something else for some of them. 😊

[@kurzwaren9304]

I wish this video was out a year ago when I was trying to learn this song for a talent show. It got cancelled cause covid (thank god, I wasnt ready at all) but since Ive had time to practice I may try again this year!

[@brandonaitchison3747]

I would like to see that keyboard solo for sure Uncle Ben!

[@guitarcookbook]

Thanks for your video ! I was struggling with transcribing these pieces of triplet wizardry : you helped a ton ! (ps : the doubling of the solo killed a few of my brain cells too ). Cheers from France !

[@alexduffalo4353]

That verse riff is so good. If you can’t headband to that you’re crazy

[@dereksendrak]

Amazing song, amazing video by the amazing uncle Ben! Great job man keep up the great work!🤘🏻

[@Howdy699]

Brilliant lesson Ben. Love the Ghost lessons!!!!!

[@Foxywaterable]

That CLEAN tone is CRISPY